Library Catalog vs Bookshelf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Library Catalog
Organize your personal book collection digitally. Easily add books, create custom lists, and share your collections. Discover new reads with expert recommendations and manage wish-lists across all your devices.
- Add books with a few clicks
- Organize books on virtual shelves
- Create custom book lists
- Share book collections and links
- Get expert recommendations
- Manage wish-lists and reading lists
- Access lists across devices
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ALL YOUR BOOKS IN ONE APP: • Add books by a few clicks to the e-Catalog of books • Attach your printed books to your virtual shelves in the App to quickly find them in your home • Create easily any book lists using the App's global database • Share book collections, their content and links to books from the App by messengers or email • Preview the parts of the books you are interested in • Get recommendations from recognized experts • Make wish-lists and reading lists • Access your lists in all your devices • Edit books info, add book photos and links , Add tags to a book and search by a tag BEST SOLUTION FOR: • Lovers of books and reading • Sellers or Givers by lists of books • Personal and corporate libraries • Bloggers • Book clubs • Educational institutions • Professional communities
Bookshelf
Organize your reading with this app. Track books you're reading, plan future reads, and mark books as complete. Add detailed notes with page numbers and search your library by title, author, or ISBN.
- Track reading lists (reading, up next, complete)
- Create and edit book notes
- Search books by title, author, ISBN
- Discover books via descriptions
- Local data storage
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Bookshelf helps you manage your books and book notes, making it easier for you to track and remember your favourite books. Features • Add books to one of three lists - reading now, up next, or complete. • Create and edit notes for a book by giving it a title, a page number, and some content. • Search for books by title, author, or ISBN. • Discover books through book descriptions. Privacy and Data Bookshelf does not store or send any of your personal data anywhere. All your data is stored locally on your device. Note: Premium features will be coming soon through a paid monthly subscription.
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Verdict
Library Catalog and Bookshelf both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Bookshelf's written reviews are positive against 73% of Library Catalog's. Bookshelf also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). Library Catalog's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium) and ratings volume (15 vs 4). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Library Catalog against 4.8 for Bookshelf. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 4 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 73% of Library Catalog's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bookshelf's.
| Parameter | Library Catalog | Bookshelf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (15 ratings) — better | 4.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vladimir Yakushev | Matthew Frances |
Customer experience
Library Catalog
Bookshelf
In-app purchases
Library Catalog
No in-app purchases
Bookshelf
No in-app purchases
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